The U.N. peacekeeping force in East Timor said Friday it has
established checkpoints and placed containers around the U.S. and
Australian embassies and its own buildings and compounds to counter
possible attacks.

'This decision was made after U.N. New York informed us early Wednesday
morning that they had received reliable information that hostile action
might be taken against U.N. staff or property in Timor -Leste (East Timor)
,' the force said in a statement.

The statement did not elaborate on the nature of the possible 'hostile
action,' or whether the information indicated that U.S. and Australian
diplomatic staff and property were also potential targets.

It said no time line has been set for an end of the extra security
precautions.

Ahead of Wednesday's first anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks
on the United States, the U.S. closed several of its diplomatic missions
in Asia, including its embassies in Indonesia, Malaysia and Cambodia,
saying it had credible information that they were at risk of terrorist
attack.

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